Persona
Kumail Nanjiani
Nato/a: 02/05/1978(48 anni)
Biografia
Kumail Ali Nanjiani (/kʊˈmeɪl ˌnɑːndʒiˈɑːni/; Sindhi: ڪميل علي نانجياڻي; Urdu: کمیل علی نانجیانی; born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American stand-up comedian and actor. He is known for his role as Dinesh in the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley (2014–2019) and for co-writing and starring in the romantic comedy film The Big Sick (2017). For co-writing the latter with his wife, Emily V. Gordon, they were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. In 2018, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role in The Twilight Zone executive produced by Jordan Peele in 2019. Nanjiani has also voiced Prismo on the animated series Adventure Time and starred in the TNT series Franklin & Bash and the Adult Swim series Newsreaders. He also co-hosted the Comedy Central show The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail and played various roles on the comedy series Portlandia. He also played Kingo in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) superhero film Eternals and What If...? Episode What If... Agatha Went to Hollywood?, con artist Haja Estree in the Disney+ miniseries Obi-Wan Kenobi and celebrity scientist Vik in the television series The Boys Presents: Diabolical and The Boys. In 2022, he starred in the lead role of the Hulu miniseries Welcome to Chippendales. In 2023, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie category for his work in Welcome to Chippendales. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kumail Nanjiani, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmografia
Conosciuto per
Il capofamiglia
Peyton · 2026
Sul tuo cadavere
Hollywood Dan (uncredited) · 2026
Ella McCay - Perfettamente imperfetta
Trooper Nash · 2025
Driver's Ed - Guida contromano
Mr. Rivers · 2025
Deli Boys
Danyal Khan · 2025
Fallout
Xander Harkness · 2024
Ghostbusters - Minaccia glaciale
Nadeem · 2024
Prendi il volo
Mack Mallard (voice) · 2023
Krapopolis
Spartan Army Leader (voice) · 2023
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
Prismo (voice) · 2023
Money Shot: la storia di Pornhub
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2023
La pazza storia del mondo, Parte II
Vatsyayana · 2023
Ecco a voi i Chippendales
Executive Producer · Somen 'Steve' Banerjee · Somen “Steve” Banerjee · 2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self · 2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi - Il ritorno di uno jedi
Self - Haja Estree · 2022
Bee and PuppyCat
Howell (voice) · 2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Haja Estree · 2022
The Boys Presenta: Diabolico!
Vik (voice) · 2022
The Making of Eternals
Self - Kingo · 2022
Murderville
Kumail Nanjiani · Kumail · 2022
Eternals
Kingo · 2021
Only Murders in the Building
Rudy Thurber · 2021
Death to 2020
Bark Multiverse · 2020
The Lovebirds
Jibran · 2020
Little America
Executive Producer · Teleplay · 2020
Dolittle
Plimpton (voice) · 2020
Bless the Harts
Jesus (voice) · Jesus Christ · 2019
Stuber - Autista d'assalto
Stu Prasad · 2019
Men in Black: International
Pawny (voice) · 2019
The Twilight Zone
Samir Wassan · 2019
Duck Butter
Jake · 2018
LEGO Ninjago: Il film
Jay (voice) · 2017
The Big Sick - Il matrimonio si può evitare... l'amore no
Kumail Nanjiani · 2017
Botte da prof
Officer Mehar · 2017
The Late Bloomer
Rich · 2016
HarmonQuest
Eddie Lizzard · 2016
Mike & Dave: Un matrimonio da sballo
Keanu · 2016
Una spia e mezzo
Jared the Airport Security Guard · 2016
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Nasir · 2015
Hell and Back
Dave the Demon (voice) · 2015
Addicted to Fresno
Damon · 2015
The Grinder
Prosecutor Leonard · 2015
Taskmaster
Self · Kumail Nanjiani · 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self · 2015
Un tuffo nel passato 2
Brad Syed · 2015
Garfunkel and Oates
Jordan · 2014
Sex Tape - Finiti in rete
Punit · 2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self · 2014
Silicon Valley
Dinesh Chugtai · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 2014
The Kings of Summer
Gary · 2013
Burning Love
Zakir · 2012
5 anni di fidanzamento
Pakistani Chef · 2012
Franklin & Bash
Pindar Singh · 2011
Traffic Light
Paul · 2011
Portlandia
SoCal Waiter · 2011
Bob's Burgers
Skip Marooch (voice) · 2011
Tre all'improvviso
Simon · 2010
Adventure Time
Prismo (voice) · Prismo · 2010
Ugly Americans
Neilando Patel (voice) · 2010
Community
Lapari · 2009
Very Young Frankenstein
Thread: An Insidious Tale